Background
He was a son of Margrave Dedi III and his wife, Matilda of Heinsberg, the heiress of Sommerschenburg. Conrad inherited the March of Lusatia and the County of Eilenburg when his father died in 1190.
He was a son of Margrave Dedi III and his wife, Matilda of Heinsberg, the heiress of Sommerschenburg. Conrad inherited the March of Lusatia and the County of Eilenburg when his father died in 1190.
He was Count of Eilenburg and Margrave of Lusatia from 1190 until his death. From 1207, he was also Count of Groitz and Count of Sommerschenburg. In 1196, Conrad travelled via Italy to the Holy Land to participate in the Crusade of Emperor Henry VI. In 1198, he returned home, again via Italy.
In 1207, he organized a Landtag at Delitzsch Castle.
Conrad died on 6 May 1210 and was buried in the Wechselburg Priory. After 1210, there no longer was a separate Margrave of Lusatia.
Instead, Lusatia was held by the Margraves of Meissen, then the Margraves of Landsberg, then divided between Bohemia and Brandenburg.
In 1195, Emperor Henry VI dissolved the March of Meissen after the death of Margrave Albert I. This made Conrad the highest-ranking nobleman in the area, and the most senior member of the House of Wettin.